World Bank-IMF meetings: A start, but still a long way to go devex.com/news/world-ban… #Devex via @Devex Amy Dodd Charles Kenny Clemence Landers Hans Peter Lankes The Big Shift Global

IFC slammed by its own watchdog for ignoring child sex abuse allegations devex.com/news/ifc-slamm… #Devex via @Devex David Pred CAO IFC Accountability Counsel Oxfam International Bridge ActionAid UK Switzerland at the World Bank

Civil society groups lambaste IFC over response to sex abuse allegations devex.com/news/civil-soc… #Devex via @Devex Accountability Counsel Margaux Day David Pred Inclusive Development International IFC Makhtar Diop Bridge CAO

World Bank President flies to Zanzibar to urge donors IDA21 replenishment must be the 'largest of all time' devex.com/news/world-ban… #Devex via @Devex IDA - World Bank Charles Kenny Clemence Landers Center for Global Development Dirk Reinermann Amy Dodd ONE

Second Mentions, "Prometheus' gift", by Sophie Edwards, H/T Paul Atherton: devex.com/news/the-poten…

IFC under pressure to compensate alleged Bridge victims Last Friday, World Bank executive directors told IFC to revise Its proposed 'management action plan' to include compensation for victims of child abuse devex.com/news/ifc-under…? @Devex David Pred Oxfam International CAO

The 80-year-old #WorldBank is in need of reforming, so what changes are on the horizon? In today's #Devex Newswire: a new explainer from Sophie Edwards on everything you need to know about the World Bank's reform plans, featuring insights from Annalisa Prizzon & Chris Humphrey 🗞️

What's the latest with the World Bank's reform plan devex.com/news/everythin… @Devex Annalisa Prizzon Clemence Landers karen mathiasen Center for Global Development

Devex's take on World Bank plan to overhaul guarantee business to woo private investors devex.com/news/world-ban… @Devex World Bank Center for Global Development ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social Clemence Landers

World Bank's Banga apologizes to kids sexually abused at Bridge schools devex.com/news/world-ban… via @Devex Accountability Counsel David Pred

My latest article on AI and education for Engelsberg Ideas Will LLMs be capable of being “teacherbots”? 2 problems. 1) they are terrible at detail - and detail really matters. 2) will students pay attention to them sufficiently to learn? engelsbergideas.com/essays/ais-att…

The world agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 - nearly a decade later we still haven't agreed how to measure the goal on basic reading and maths. Nice summary of the ongoing debate by Sophie Edwards devex.com/news/the-fight…

At last #G20 is showing how to finance an assault on poverty theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Some great insights from experts at Center for Global Development and ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social on what to expect at the World Bank Spring Meetings 2024 devex.com/news/what-to-e… #Devex via @Devex

A slightly different angle on the much-reported IFC-Bridge sexual abuse case in Kenya: exploring Why IFC resists directly compensating people harmed by its projects devex.com/news/why-ifc-r… #Devex via @Devex Hans Peter Lankes karen mathiasen Margaux Day

🔴LIVE: USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health Atul Gawande is discussing the scope & challenge of global #leadpoisoning at a special Center for Global Development event. Ft: Indu Bhushan, Valerie Hickey, Scott Morris, @rsilv_dc, & Justin Sandefur. Tune in! ⬇ bit.ly/3J8XB1V

On my way to the World Bank #WBGMeetings in Washington D.C. Here’s why it will be an important moment 👇

World Bank, AfDB aim to bring electricity to 300 million Africans devex.com/news/world-ban… #Devex via @Devex Todd Moss W. Gyude Moore The Big Shift Global World Bank African Development Bank Group

The World Bank / Bridge Academies sex abuse scandal. In a new blog, Justin Sandefur maps out the timeline, with some big questions: what did the other investors (Bill Gates Imaginable Futures Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) know? Who will compensate victims? Who is accountable for the cover-ups?

World Bank makes a big health announcement, but major questions over where the money will come from devex.com/news/world-ban… #Devex via @Devex Carolyn Reynolds Center for Global Development RESULTS